‘Climate Smart Agriculture' can be applied to anything from industrial monocultures to agroecology, writes Helena Paul - and fertiliser, biotech and agribusiness corporations are seizing the chance to cash in. Now COP21 host France is proposing to use soils as a giant carbon sink - a fine idea in itself, but not if it's used to 'offset' continued fossil fuel emissions, and to greenwash industrial agriculture.
… ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture' - preparing for a corporate soil and climate-grab in Paris? Helena Paul EcoNexus | … November 2015 Comment COP21 Farming The Land Climate Change Emissions France Corporations …
Climate Smart Agriculture sounds like a great idea, write hundreds of civil society organisations worldwide. But in truth it's a PR front for international agribusiness to promote corporate agriculture, pesticides and fertilisers at COP21, with a heavy dose of greenwash. Countries must resist the siren calls - and give their support to true agroecology that sustains soil, health, life and climate.
… No to 'Climate Smart Agriculture', yes to agroecology Climate Smart Agriculture Concerns | 21st October 2015 Comment Climate Change Farming Corporations The Land …
The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture made its high-profile launch at the New York Climate Summit. But for a huge coalition of civil society organizations, it's a 'greenwash' initiative designed to promote intensive profit-driven industrial agriculture at the expense of small farmers, environment, and the real solutions.
… greenwash: the Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture Climate Smart Ag Concerns | 30th September … Comment Food Farming Corporations GMOs Un Climate Change cacao-in-biochar-soil.png What …
High altitude regions near the equator are highly vulnerable to climate change - as are marginalised communities. Sian Cowman reports on how resilience strategies - old and new - are helping one Andean community to survive a changing climate.
… Bolivia: harshening climate meets traditional knowledge Sian … Cowman | 30th December 2013 Comment Bolivia Climate Change Farming Food Community … near the equator are highly vulnerable to climate change - as are marginalised …
Climate change probably caused the savage drought that struck Syria nearly a decade ago, writes Alex Kirby - and helped to trigger the civil war that has so far claimed over 200,000 lives.
… Climate change sparked Syria's ruinous war Alex Kirby | 6th March 2015 News Climate Change War Middle East Water Farming syria-poppies-cut.jpg Climate change probably caused the savage …
There is no more heartbreaking indicator of human hardship than suicide says the author of a new report that shows the devastating impact of Global Warming on struggling Indian farmers, thousands of whom have taken their own lives over the last 30 years. G.B.S.N.P VARMA reports
… Climate change drives Indian farmer suicides … Varma | 7th August 2017 News Global Warming Climate Change Farming India Suicides indian … the last 30 years. G.B.S.N.P VARMA reports Climate change is already pushing Indian …
Growing coffee is both a point of pride and a significant economic driver for Colombia but a changing climate is now threatening the harvest. FOREST RAY reports on the new challenges facing growers from that country
… Colombian Coffee Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate Forest Ray | 21st March 2017 News Climate Change Farming Colombia Coffee … economic driver for Colombia but a changing climate is now threatening the harvest. FOREST …
President Donald Trump stunned the world yesterday (June 1, 2017) by announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord - a landmark global agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the harm from climate change. The Conversation has assembled a panel of American academics and scientists to analyse what this dramatic move means for the planet, U.S. businesses and the world's poor...
… | 2nd June 2017 News Trump Paris Agreement Climate Change Renewables Farming Ethics us … to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord - a landmark global agreement … gas emissions and minimize the harm from climate change. The Conversation has assembled …
Meat is already a huge contributor to climate change, write Dora Marinova & Talia Raphaely, and as 'atmospheric space' for greenhouse gas emissions contracts, its importance will only increase. The good news? If rich countries were just to eat less of it, there's a huge climate win there for the taking!
… Meat - the climate opportunity we can seize at every meal … Talia Raphaely | 9th July 2015 Comment Climate Change Food Farming Emissions … Meat is already a huge contributor to climate change, write Dora Marinova & Talia …
What with rising rainfall in the west, and hotter, drier summers in the east, British farmers place plenty of challenges from global warming, writes Anna Bowen. But there are also positive opportunities for agricultural innovators to adapt their farming systems to changing conditions, make their operations more resilient and sustainable, and make themselves part of the solution.
… Climate change and farming: let's be part of … Anna Bowen | 9th January 2017 Comment Farming Climate Change UK Wales flood-wales-2-cut.jpg … livelihoods are intrinsically linked to the climate, and very often they and their animals …
We cannot rely on governments in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up to us to safeguard the future of the Earth, and of our own and other species. So let's all join in this pact to love and protect our one and only home.
… Vandana Shiva | 2nd December 2015 Comment Climate Change Farming Water Biodiversity … in meeting in Paris to solve the many-headed climate problem, writes Vandana Shiva. It's up … help mitigate, adapt and build resilience to climate change. As Sir Albert Howard said, …
You might be forgiven for thinking that climate change is all about fossil fuels, writes Chris Lang. But with livestock farming causing around a sixth of global emissions, there's one quick, cheap way to cut our carbon footprints: go vegetarian, or better still, vegan. So what's taking us so long?
… Worried about climate change? So why aren't you vegan? Chris Lang | 1st July 2015 Comment Climate Change Emissions Food Farming … You might be forgiven for thinking that climate change is all about fossil fuels, …
The Earth is on an unavoidable path towards a 1.5°C temperature rise by mid-century, says a new World Bank report. And as Alex Kirby reports, it could reach 4°C by 2100 unless immediate action is taken - with dire impacts on the planet's poorest people.
… World Bank: weather extremes will be the 'new climate normal' Alex Kirby | 28th November 2014 News Climate Change Farming kenya-drought-cut.jpg … of years - if ever - would become the "new climate normal" , a World Bank report says. …
Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even 'carbon negative' technologies based on burning millions of trees, writes Rachel Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold is hitting serious reality checks. It's time to ditch the fantasies and progress the real solutions: like caring for land, soils, forests and grasslands.
… COP21's climate technofix: spinning carbon into gold … Rachel Smolker | 3rd December 2015 News COP21 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Biomass Ipcc … When the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) published their most recent …
As millions join in climate marches and other actions around the world, writes Ronnie Cummins, the 'mainstream' focus on energy is missing the 55% of emissions that come from mismanaged land and destroyed forests. The key is to replace industrial agriculture worldwide with productive, regenerative organic farming that puts carbon back in the soil.
… Association | 21st September 2014 Activism Climate Change Farming Forests feedlot-cut.jpg As millions join in climate marches and other actions around the … not by pinning our hopes for survival and climate stability on hi-tech, unproven and …
Oxfam's report 'Standing on the Sidelines' lays down a challenge to the 'Big 10' of the global food industry, writes Julia Wright. They must cut their huge carbon emissions, campaign to protect global climate, and rethink their entire mission to encompass health and wellbeing.
… The Big Ten food companies must join the climate fight Julia Wright | 20th June 2014 Comment Food Farming Climate Change Health palm-oil-ran-cut.jpg … carbon emissions, campaign to protect global climate, and rethink their entire mission to …
Global food production may need to double over the next century to feed a growing world population, writes Tim Radford - just as yields crops in major crop-growing areas fall due to higher temperatures. But there is another way: to build sustainability into our food production and consumption.
… Climate food crunch demands sustainable food … | 27th September 2016 News Food Farming Climate Change Population farm-sa-cut.jpg … rice will be grown in regions vulnerable to climate change in the next 50 to 100 years, …
'Climate Smart Agriculture' advocates were out in force at the just concluded climate talks in Bonn, writes Pavlos Georgiadis. But their finely crafted corporate message presents a real threat to genuine agroecological solutions to the interlinked food, farming and climate crises.
… | 24th October 2015 Comment Food Farming Climate Change Forests Unfccc COP21 oil-palm-borneo-cut.jpg 'Climate Smart Agriculture' advocates were out in force at the just concluded climate talks in Bonn, writes Pavlos …
Peru, notorious for its brutal exploitation of forests, oil and minerals, theft of indigenous lands and murder of eco-defenders, is an unlikely host for the COP20 climate talks, writes Alexander Reid Ross. Except that Peru's actions reflect the corporate land-grabbing agenda manifest in the false solutions on offer in Lima this week. It's a time for resistance, not compromise!
… power - destroying the edifice of false climate solutions Alexander Reid Ross | 10th … is an unlikely host for the COP20 climate talks, writes Alexander Reid Ross. … Peru is 'rewarded' with COP20 That the global Climate Summit, the Conference of Parties …
Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) calls on government for practical support for farmers transitioning to low carbon agriculture.
… 2019 News Thought Leaders Agriculture Farming Climate Breakdown Nature Friendly Farming … could hold the key to tackling the climate emergency and meeting the Government's … he said: "When it comes to tackling the climate emergency, farmers on the ground can …
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed off the risks posed by climate change to the continent's farmers, saying that a 'sense of proportion' was needed.
… Howard downplays climate risks to farmers 27th September 2007 … Farmers Farming Agriculture Global Warming Climate Change Drought Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate Change Politics And …
The growing popularity of olive oil has driven more intensive systems of olive tree cultivation, writes Kieran Cooke. But they are vulnerable to the kind of extreme weather that has brought pests and disease to olive crops across southern Europe, damaging crops and pushing up prices.
… Climate turbulence deals costly blow to olive … Cooke | 2nd December 2014 News Food Farming Climate Change Italy Spain … fast - driven in large part by changes in climate. Spain accounts for nearly 50% of … In its latest assessment report on global climate, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on …
Farmers can slash greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2050 without producing less food in the UK.
… | 23rd January 2020 News Farming Committee On Climate Change Food Biomass Peatland Climate Emergency … of the ideas put forward by the government’s climate change advisors to bring about …
Climate change its causing flooding and droughts that damage agricultural land in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The "rice bowl" of Asia produces 57 percent of rice production for the country - including 80 percent of its exports. ROBYN WILSON met the farmers facing ruin.
… How climate change is already disrupting lives in … Delta Robyn Wilson | 18th August 2017 News Climate Change Farming Flooding Drought Severe Weather Events mekong1.png Climate change its causing flooding and …